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Prudential supervision : what works and what doesn't / edited by Frederic S. Mishkin

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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2001.
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1 online resource (ix, 368 pages) : illustrations, map
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Mishkin, Frederic S.
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English.
Contents
Prudential supervision? why is it important and what are the issues / Frederic S. Mishkin -- Banking systems around the globe: do regulation and ownership affect performance and stability? / James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio Jr., Ross Levine -- Supervising large complex banking organizations: adapting to change / Laurence H. Meyer -- Market discipline in the governance of U.S. bank holding companies: monitoring versus influencing / Robert R. Bliss, Mark J. Flannery -- Can emerging market bank regulators establish credible discipline? the case of Argentina, 1992-99 / Charles W. Calomiris, Andrew Powell -- Dimensions of credit risk and their relationship to economic capital requirements / Mark Carey -- Obstacles to optimal policy: the interplay of politics and economics in shaping bank supervision and regulation reforms / Randall S. Kroszner, Philip E. Strahan -- Synergies between bank supervision and monetary policy: implications for the design of bank regulatory structure / Joe Peek, Eric S. Rosengren, Geoffrey M.B. Tootell -- Did U.S. bank supervisors get tougher during the credit crunch? Did they get easier during the banking boom? Did it matter to bank lending? / Allen N. Berger, Margaret K. Kyle, Joseph M. Scalise.
Summary
Since banking systems play a crucial role in maintaining the overall health of the economy, the adverse effects of poorly supervised systems may be quite severe. Without some form of vigilant external oversight, banking systems could fall prey to excessive risk taking, moral hazard, and corruption. Prudential supervision provides that oversight, using government regulation and monitoring to ensure the soundness of the banking system and, by extension, the economy at large. The contributors to this thoughtful volume examine the current state of prudential supervision, focusing on fundamental is.
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ISBN
9780226531939 (electronic bk.)
0226531937 (electronic bk.)
1282004972
9781282004979
9786612004971
6612004975
0226531880 (alk. paper)
9780226531885
Digital File Characteristics
text file
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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